Top facts about Papu Gomez

Papu Gomez is an Italian midfielder who currently plays for

football club and Argentina national team. Gomez spent the majority of his career so far at Atalanta, where he established himself as one of the best of his position in the world.

Gomez joined Atalanta in the summer of 2015. He wasted no time to shine for his new club and was instrumental for Atalanta in their historic 2018-19 Serie A third-place, which earned them the chance to play at the Champions League, only a decade after playing in the fourth tier of Italian football.

The Argentinian attacking midfield has won many individual awards during his club career, the most important of those are Serie A top assist provider( two times), Serie A Best Midfielder: 2019–20 and the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season in the 2019–20 season.

Gomez left Atalanta for Sevilla after falling out with Atalanta's manager, Gasperini during the first half of the 2020-21 season. He has played 18 games for Sevilla so far into the season, scoring 2 goals along the way.

Gomez was a member of Argentina U20 youth teams which won the 2007 U20 World Cup. He earned his first call-up to the senior side in 2017 and has scored his first goal in his international debut against Singapore.

At 33 years of age, Papu Gomez has established himself as one of the best in Europe. By the time of writing this article, Gomez has registered 107 goals and 107 assists in 562 matches during his club career. Now let's have a look at the top

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Top facts about Papu Gomez you might want to know

In the following article we will take a look at the Top facts about Papu Gomez. First we present you with some of the general information.

• Full Name

  : Alejandro Dario Gomez

• Date and Place of Birth

  :15 February 1988 / Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Height & Weight:

  1.67 m /68 kg

• Family Members

  : Hugo (Uncle), Monica (Sister)

• Marital Status

  : Married

• Wife

  : Linda Raff

• Children

  :  Two boys and one girl with Linda Raff

• Current team:

  Sevilla

• Jersey Number

  : 24 at Sevilla

• Zodiac Sign:

  Aquarius

Papu Gomez Birthday, Zodiac Sign and nationality

First part our article on top facts about Papu Gomez is about his birthday.

Papu Gomez Birthday

is at 15th day of February 1988. Papu Gomez nationality is Argentinian although he also gained Italian citizenship in 2016 after marrying his long-time Italian girlfriend, Linda Raff. Gomez was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Papu Gomez zodiac sign is Aquarius. He shares his birthday with many great stars from football and other fields. Some of the most famous figures born on 15th of February are:

Footballers: Rui Patricio, Manuel Lanzini and Heurelho Gomes / Actors and Actresses: Jane Seymore and Christopher McDonald / Singers: Adam Granduciel

Papu Gomez Childhood story 

At this part we will look at the top facts about

Papu Gomez Childhood

story as well as the family and the background he grew up in.

Papu Gomez was born into a family of diehard Independiente fans. His uncle was a member of the

side which won the Intercontinental Cup in 1983. His father was working at the club during that historic spell. The house Papu grew up in was so close to the club's stadium that he could go there by Bicycle. So it is fair to say that football was in the air for Papu Gomez during his childhood.

Gomez's parents encouraged their son from early age to pursue his dreams of becoming a footballer. His childhood idols were Juan Roman Riquelme, Pablo Aimar and Sebastian Veron.  Papu joined local club, Reading's Academy at the age of 8 and stayed for the next six years.

In 2001 Gomez joined his first club, Arsenal de Sarandi at the youth level, where he proved himself to be an exceptional talent. Gomez made an immediate impact upon joining the club. He rose through the ranks easily and made his debut for the senior side in 2005, one year after helping his team to win the 2005 Copa Tandil title.

Papu Gomez wife, Relationships and Marital Status

Papu Gomez has been in a relationship with his current wife, Linda Raff since 2011, when he was playing at Atalanta. Linda Raff has had a career as an architect.

The couple have had three kids together, Bautista, Constantina and Milo. Papu Gomez often shares beautiful photos of his family on his social media account.

Papu Gomez wife

is also an Instagram influencer. She has over 157K followers on her Instagram account (

), where she regularly uploads lovely snaps of her life with Gomez.

Linda Raff is a football fan and has famously supported Papu Gomez in the key moments of his career. In 2020 and after the famous war of wills with manager, Gasprini, Papu Gomez’s wife sent out a message on social media following reports of a row with Gian Piero Gasperini, quoting Socrates. Gomez has kept silent so far on the situation, but his wife Linda Raff made a post on her Instagram Stories., which was a reading of ‘The Three Sieves of Socrates’, a parable from the Greek philosopher.

In Feb 2018, Papu Gomez posted a meme using one of his pictures with Linda, which became viral. The meme was about Papu's dilemma at how he is going to explain that he wants to watch UCL football at Valentine's Day while his wife was thinking he was having an affair.  

Her: "He is definitely thinking about another girl."

Him: "How am I going to explain that I'm watching Champions League on Valentine's Day?"

That all we have on Papu Gomez's love life at this time. Any new information about Papu Gomez love life will be published here at

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Papu Gomez Career

Gomez began his professional career in 2005 with Argentinian club, Arsenal de Sarandi. He was a youth team graduate and repaid the confidence of his coaches at the time with 2 goals in 15 games during his first professional career. The following season, Gomez scored 2 very important goals against Club America of Mexico and was instrumental for his team on their way to winning the Premier Championship title.

Next stop for Gomez was San Lorenzo where he stayed for only one season before moving to the Italian Serie A to play for Catania. In total, Gomez scored 8 goals in 48 games and his impressive performances attracted the attention of many European clubs.

Gomez had a very successful three-year spell at

and helped his side to the eighth place at the 2012-13 season. It was the club's best record since the mid-60s.  They were only 8 points away from securing a historic Europa League spot.

Catania's results in the following season was a disaster as they were relegated from Serie A, Which put an end to Gomez's time at the club.

Gomez joined Ukrainian club, Metalist Kharkiv much to the surprise of fans and critics. And time proved that it was a bad decision as Political unrest hit the country 6 months after Gomez entered the country. Gomez subsequently left Ukraine and the following summer joined Atalanta, where he stayed for the next 7 years.

Gomez had the best years of his career at Atalanta. He guided his club to many impressive campaigns, the most memorable of them was the 2018-19 at which Atalanta finished third and qualified for the Champions League.

Gomez and cos. were amazing in their UCL campaigned and qualified from their group, before being eliminated against

in the last 16. For Gomez, however, the season ended bitterly as he was left out of the squad by the coach Manuel Gasperini after refusing to do what wanted during one of Atalanta's group games.

Gomez eventually decided to leave his old-time club and joined Sevilla in the winter of 2021. He reached the semi-final of the Copa del Rey, where the Andalusians were eliminated at the hands of eventual winners, Barcelona.

Papu Gomez transfermarket stats

According to

Papu Gomez Transfermarket

stats, he has played a total of 562 games for six clubs. He has scored 107 goals and has provided 107 assists for his team mates. Gomez finished his career spell at the Italian Serie A with 66 goals and 79 assists in 315 games. He has scored 2 goals and has provided 1 assist in 14 La Liga games so far into his time with the Andalusians.

Transfermarket stats shows why he is considered among the best attacking midfielders in the world. He is often praised for his finishing, passing skills as well as his work rate and team play on the pitch.

Gomez possesses loads of pace cutting in off the wing, wonderful vision with the ball at his feet, a lethal left foot, and on a few occasions has shown he can be clinical from set pieces. During his career, Papu Gomez has played 149 games as a left winger, 108 games as a second forward, 95 games as an attacking midfield and 18 games as a right winger. He has also played 15 games as the center forward and 2 games as a central midfielder.

On the international level Papu Gomez Transfermarket stats shows that he has scored 1 goal in 5 games for

national team since 2017. Gomez was a member of Argentina U20 team at the youth level and in total scored 2 goals in 11 games. Gomez is currently under contract with Sevilla until the end of June 2024.

Papu Gomez Net worth, Salary and Market Value

Papu Gomez net worth

is estimated to be 8 million Dollars in 2021, including all of his properties and earnings.

Papu Gomez market value

is at 15 million Euros. Papu Gomez salary in 2020 is reportedly 6400 Euros weekly.

Some Short top facts about Papu Gomez

• Like many other football stars, Papu Gomez is passionate about playing video games, especially the FIFA game. Papu Gomez rating in FIFA 21 is 86 (his overall rating) with a potential of 86. Gomez has got a 4-star skill moves rating.

• Papu Gomez is also passionate about cars and owns a collection of luxury automobiles.

• Gomez owns a restaurant in the city of Bergamo which is known as the Boedo Restaurante.

Papu Gomez is active in social media. Papu Gomez Instagram account,

has around 2.5 million followers.

Papu Gomez Height is 1.67 meters. Papu Gomez weight is 68kg.

Papu Gomez position

is the left winger. Although he has also played many games as an attacking midfielder and as a second striker too. Papu Gomez age is 33.

The most interesting facts about

Papu Gomez tattoos

is that he has had many tattoos on his skin, some of the most interesting ones are: A giant whale on his chest, a map of Argentina on the back of his left leg and a very cool one of the famous anime character, Tsubasa Ozara, also on his left leg.

• Papu is involved in a Spotify podcast, Named "Libres de Humo", which covers football-related topics in relaxed discussions between friends.

• The 33-year-old player has also had a taste of success in the music industry. In 2018 Gomez teamed up with Italian artists Gli Autogol to compose ‘Baila como el Papu’, which became a hit and went viral online. The track also reached gold and platinum status. Papu donated the money he earned from this song to Insuperabili Academy which creates projects to help and integrate children with disabilities.

• Papu Gomez religion

  is Christianity. He is a Catholic by birth. It is not known whether he is a devoted religious person or not.

• Gomez was coached by current Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone at Atletico San Lorenzo de Almagro in Argentina and at Calcio Catania in Italy.

• Papu Gomez nickname is Papu which was coined by his mother, who affectionately referred to him as 'Papuchito' when he was a child.

Papu Gomez Quote

One of the most amusing parts of SportMob's article on top facts about Papu Gomez is a look back at his most interesting and controversial quotes about himself and other players.

On his bitter departure from Atalanta:

It’s hard for me to watch an

game, It hurts me to see my former teammates. I’m happy for them because they’re doing very well, but I can’t. That’s why I say that I’m sad. I hope that, with time, I can watch them more.

It's a mixture of feelings, after so many years in this city, I'm sad, and also happy. Sometimes things happen and go a certain way, but I would do it all again because we wrote the history of this club. I leave Atalanta at the top in Europe. The fans? I'll miss them a lot, Bergamo is in my heart. We will surely see each other again soon.

On his decision to join Sevilla:

I had great offers from MLS and Saudi Arabia, for a lot of money. There were people who wanted me to see me go there and to disappear, but Sevilla were a priority for me and I’m happy to have ended up here. I loved my time at Atalanta but I am excited to start this new chapter.

(From his interview with Sky Sports)

On his chat with

after Sevilla's game against Barcelona in 2021:

We spoke about life. He asked me what happened in Atalanta. It was strange for him to find me in Spain. We didn’t discuss anything out of the ordinary. He asked me how I felt here. We also spoke with Lucas about his injury. All of us love Leo, he is Argentina’s captain and we only want the best for him. There was no conversation about his future.

On not being called up to Argentina National team:

In a way, it’s normal that I’ve never been called. If we think about it, DYBALA is a substitute with Argentina and he’s the best player at Juventus. We have great players everywhere. DI MARIA, MESSI, HIGUAIN, AGUERO… Obviously there isn’t a place for everyone.(from Gomez's interview with mundoalbiceleste)

Papu Gomez records and achievements

We round up our article on the top

facts about Papu Gomez

with a list of his most notable achievements and records at club and international level.

With Arsenal de Sarandi:

Copa Sudamericana: 2007 / Suruga Bank Championship: 2008

With Argentina U20:

FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2007 / Superclasico de las Americas: 2017

Individual records and honors:

Serie A top assist provider: 2018–19 and 2019–20 / Serie A MVP of the Month: June 2020 and September 2020 / Serie A Best Midfielder: 2019–20 / UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2019–20 / Serie A Team of the Year: 2019–20

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